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Resize

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An operation that changes the size of something.
Verb
  1. 1
    To alter the size of something. transitive
  2. 2
    To size (apply glue or other primer to a surface) again. transitive

    "If the chemicals are too strong, or the sheets remain too long in the bath, or are not thoroughly cleansed from the bleach before they are re-sized, the certain seeds of decay are planted in the paper, and [...] in the course of a few years the enemy will appear, the fibre will decay, and the existence of the books will terminate in a state of white tinder."

  3. 3
    change the size of; make the size more appropriate wordnet
  4. 4
    To change in size. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From re- + size.

Etymology 2

From re- + size.

Etymology 3

From re- + size.

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